It never ceases to amaze me how often corporate social responsibility (CSR) gets relegated into the realm of the "fluffy feel-good." We brush it to the side, where the PR department or the environmentalists in the office can take care of it. But what are we missing out on when we leave CSR for only the bleeding-hearts socially-minded?
Greg Hills of FSG is going to answer that question at this year's Business and Society Conference. He's going to enlighten us on just how strategic CSR can be for a corporation. He'll be discussing Shared Value, or how to create economic value that also benefits society. Notice that first part - creating economic value. This is not going to be a soft conversation; it’s going to be about business strategy. Come learn more on Thursday, February 9th at 2pm and leave a better business leader, no matter what you role you may be in.
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The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth’s Business & Society Conference brings together leaders from a wide range of fields to discuss the important role that business leaders can play in creating a more sustainable world.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Healthcare Panel Update
I hope everyone is getting excited for the Business & Society’s Healthcare panel! Dartmouth’s
President Kim has even cleared his calendar to come moderate this panel which is full of industry experts representing a wide range of backgrounds and opinions. Panelists will include Dr. Jaime Bayona who helps run Dartmouth’s Center for Health Care Delivery Science, Dr. Paul Chew the current Chief Medical Officer at Sanofi U.S., Dr. Vas Narasimhan who was recently promoted to
run Novartis’s global vaccine development, and Dr. Derek Yach the conference’s Keynote speaker and Senior Vice President of Global Health and Agriculture Policy at PepsiCo.
What really strikes me as I look at the panelists are their in-depth experiences at different places in the health care system. Dr. Bayona fought to get medicine to multi-drug resistant tuberculosis patients in Peru while he headed up Partners in Health, Peru. At the same time, Dr. Narasimhan was busy getting Menveo, a vaccine for meningitis, approved by the FDA and into doctors’ offices. If we are going to learn anything about how to make health care equitable and how to effectively deliver care to those who need it most, this is the group to teach us!
Following the panel, there will also be an opportunity to meet more personally in small groups with many of the panelists as well as Dr. Srishti Gupta, one of McKinsey & Company’s Global Health experts. It will be a great chance to get to know some of the people who have dedicated their lives to improving health care and are making a difference every day.
Mark your calendar for 10:00AM on Friday February 10th, I am looking forward to seeing you there.
President Kim has even cleared his calendar to come moderate this panel which is full of industry experts representing a wide range of backgrounds and opinions. Panelists will include Dr. Jaime Bayona who helps run Dartmouth’s Center for Health Care Delivery Science, Dr. Paul Chew the current Chief Medical Officer at Sanofi U.S., Dr. Vas Narasimhan who was recently promoted to
run Novartis’s global vaccine development, and Dr. Derek Yach the conference’s Keynote speaker and Senior Vice President of Global Health and Agriculture Policy at PepsiCo.
What really strikes me as I look at the panelists are their in-depth experiences at different places in the health care system. Dr. Bayona fought to get medicine to multi-drug resistant tuberculosis patients in Peru while he headed up Partners in Health, Peru. At the same time, Dr. Narasimhan was busy getting Menveo, a vaccine for meningitis, approved by the FDA and into doctors’ offices. If we are going to learn anything about how to make health care equitable and how to effectively deliver care to those who need it most, this is the group to teach us!
Following the panel, there will also be an opportunity to meet more personally in small groups with many of the panelists as well as Dr. Srishti Gupta, one of McKinsey & Company’s Global Health experts. It will be a great chance to get to know some of the people who have dedicated their lives to improving health care and are making a difference every day.
Mark your calendar for 10:00AM on Friday February 10th, I am looking forward to seeing you there.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Our 2012 Conference Theme
We’re less than two weeks away from Tuck’s 10th Annual Business & Society Conference, and I wanted to talk a little bit about this year’s conference theme: “Trading Off: Impactful Business Strategy in Uncertain Times.”
Impactful Business Strategy
Our executive committee spent a lot of time this past summer and fall discussing what we wanted the 2012 conference to focus on. We discussed a wide variety of social impact topics, including renewable energy, sustainable supply chains, socially responsible investing, affordable healthcare, and more. What we kept coming back to was that no matter the industry, we need to recognize that in order to be most successful, social impact should not function in a vacuum – for example, in one division of a company, separated from the rest of the business. Corporate responsibility and sustainability need to be integrated with everyday business decisions. We, as future business leaders, need to learn how to incorporate these issues into the overarching strategy for the business.
In Uncertain Times
We also recognize that once we arrive at a solution, we then face the challenge of how to push that idea through an organization. And in times of economic hardship, an uncertain regulatory environment, and demanding shareholders, moving a “social impact” idea through an organization can be difficult. So how do we innovate, who do we influence, and what makes us succeed? It’s not enough to find answers; we also need to understand how to implement them.
We have more than 40 Tuck students helping to organize this year’s conference, and we look forward to hosting you at the BSC this year. In addition to our formal sessions, we’ll have coffee breaks, lunch, and a cocktail reception where participants can mingle with each other and our speakers. We aim to raise the level of discourse about social impact, and we hope that you will join us!
Register now:
http://tuck2012bsc.eventbrite.com/
Impactful Business Strategy
Our executive committee spent a lot of time this past summer and fall discussing what we wanted the 2012 conference to focus on. We discussed a wide variety of social impact topics, including renewable energy, sustainable supply chains, socially responsible investing, affordable healthcare, and more. What we kept coming back to was that no matter the industry, we need to recognize that in order to be most successful, social impact should not function in a vacuum – for example, in one division of a company, separated from the rest of the business. Corporate responsibility and sustainability need to be integrated with everyday business decisions. We, as future business leaders, need to learn how to incorporate these issues into the overarching strategy for the business.
In Uncertain Times
We also recognize that once we arrive at a solution, we then face the challenge of how to push that idea through an organization. And in times of economic hardship, an uncertain regulatory environment, and demanding shareholders, moving a “social impact” idea through an organization can be difficult. So how do we innovate, who do we influence, and what makes us succeed? It’s not enough to find answers; we also need to understand how to implement them.
We have more than 40 Tuck students helping to organize this year’s conference, and we look forward to hosting you at the BSC this year. In addition to our formal sessions, we’ll have coffee breaks, lunch, and a cocktail reception where participants can mingle with each other and our speakers. We aim to raise the level of discourse about social impact, and we hope that you will join us!
Register now:
http://tuck2012bsc.eventbrite.com/
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Welcome T'14s!
Congratulations to the incoming class of 2014 on your admission to Tuck!
We at the Tuck BSC would like to invite you to attend the Business and Society Conference this February 9th and 10th. This is a great chance for you to preview the Tuck community's commitment to business issues that reach beyond the bottom line! At the conference you will have the opportunity to attend panels on energy, healthcare, social impact as strategy, impact investing, and design thinking. If you have any question about visiting Tuck for the conference, please direct them to Sarah Stern T'13 at bsc.tuck@gmail.com.
We look forward to seeing you there!
We at the Tuck BSC would like to invite you to attend the Business and Society Conference this February 9th and 10th. This is a great chance for you to preview the Tuck community's commitment to business issues that reach beyond the bottom line! At the conference you will have the opportunity to attend panels on energy, healthcare, social impact as strategy, impact investing, and design thinking. If you have any question about visiting Tuck for the conference, please direct them to Sarah Stern T'13 at bsc.tuck@gmail.com.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Monday, November 14, 2011
Save the Date for the 2012 BSC!
It's official - Save the date for the upcoming Tuck BSC!
The 10th Annual Business and Society Conference will be held Thursday, February 9 to Friday, February 10 at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH.
The theme for this year's conference, courtesy of the BSC marketing team, will be:
Trading Off: Impactful Business Strategy In Uncertain Times
Business norms are changing. Companies face increasingly complex tradeoffs between surviving quarter-to-quarter and being held accountable to the societies in which they operate. Meanwhile, the costs of healthcare, energy, and compliance are increasingly volatile, exacerbating the challenge of making these tradeoffs. Furthermore, in the wake of the global credit crisis, the call for business accountability has reached a fever pitch.
How should business leaders make these choices? How can we transform from a paradigm of singular responsible decisions to an underlying dynamic of sustainable business strategy?
If you are interested in learning more about the conference, please:
The 10th Annual Business and Society Conference will be held Thursday, February 9 to Friday, February 10 at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH.
The theme for this year's conference, courtesy of the BSC marketing team, will be:
Trading Off: Impactful Business Strategy In Uncertain Times
Business norms are changing. Companies face increasingly complex tradeoffs between surviving quarter-to-quarter and being held accountable to the societies in which they operate. Meanwhile, the costs of healthcare, energy, and compliance are increasingly volatile, exacerbating the challenge of making these tradeoffs. Furthermore, in the wake of the global credit crisis, the call for business accountability has reached a fever pitch.
How should business leaders make these choices? How can we transform from a paradigm of singular responsible decisions to an underlying dynamic of sustainable business strategy?
Tuck’s 10th Annual Business & Society Conference will bring together students and business, government, nonprofit, and thought leaders to discuss how businesses should manage the realities of short-term tradeoffs while remaining focused on long-term growth.
If you are interested in learning more about the conference, please:
- Sign up on the BSC website
- Follow @TuckBSC on Twitter
- Bookmark this blog and check back for updates on panels & panelists, marketing efforts, and weekend activities!
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